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A. BULLARD ®. CO 


446 TIJEMONT ST. 

BOSTON .v HASS 


VOL. XI. 


NOVEMBER, 1905 


NO. 119. 



Raising Blue 
Grass Turkeys 


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Kentucky Roads Dotted With Marching 
Flocks — The Outdoor Method: 
To«ir bf F&Utable Birds 


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I {J 

K ENTUCKY is coming forward 
as a great turkey raising 
state and already bids fair to 
rival Rhode Island and Con¬ 
necticut as a producer of the Thanks¬ 
giving bird. The roads in November 
hre ddtbed With riiarching flocks, leav¬ 
ing the farms and converging upon the 
towns, where on arrival they are killed 
and packed in refrigerator cars for 
shipment to all points of the compass. 
Thousands of these turkeys are raised 
by negroes on their little holdings, and 
on them falls the task of slaughtering 
and plucking the fowls, 2 y 2 cents apiece 
being paid for the labor. 

Several weeks before Thanksgiving 
buyers go through the rural districts, 
picking up bunches of the fowls, which 
are driven to the nearest railroad sta¬ 
tion and forwarded to the “factory/’ 
where they are killed, scalded in vats 


of boiling water, washed-, cooled oh 
blocks of ice and finally shipped with 
Ifed in barrels covered with bagging. 

In this way the Thanksgiving crop 
is transported to the market centers. 
If it be reckoned that 1,000,000 of the 
birds are sold in towns and cities to 
which they are shipped alive—usually 
in wicker crates containing half a 
dozen each—5,000,000 are left to be 
carried, dead and plucked, in cold stor¬ 
age cars. One such vehicle will hold 
1,000 turkeys, so that obviously 5,000 
cars are required to accommodate the 
Thanksgiving fowls which the public 
appetite demands. If these cars were 
placed in line, they would compose a 
train thirty miles in length, conveying 
approximately 22,000 tons of birds. 

In Kentucky and also in Connecticut 
and Rhode Island what may be called 
the outdoor method of raising turkeys 
is now being extensively practiced. 
The birds are provided with neither 
shelter nor roosts, even in winter, and 
are compelled to shift for themselves, 
the idea being to imitate natural con¬ 
ditions as closely as possible. They 
are fed liberally and in spring are pro¬ 
vided with half barrels for nests, but 
there is as little interference as possi¬ 
ble with their ways of living. Far 
from suffering from such neglect, they 
seem to enjoy much better health; they 
are vigorous and hardy, and epidemics 
such as are liable to decimate ordinary 
flocks are rare among them. 

Epidemics of disease are the great¬ 
est trouble of the turkey breeder, fre¬ 
quently sweeping away whole flocks in 
a few days. Hence it is that large 
numbers of the birds cannot be raised 
together, and at least five acres of 


i*ange ordinarily are required for each 
“hen” and her brood of poults. Recent¬ 
ly there has come to be a great demand 
for young “broiler” turkeys early in 
autumn, and such prices are obtained 
for them as to afford an inducement to 
farmers to “force the crop,” as is done 
with chickens, 

We hdve in this country immense 
quantities of surplus corn easily con¬ 
vertible into turkeys, and each autumn 
the crop of birds surpasses all previous 
records. In prosperous times, of 
course, the demand is at a maximum, 
and this Thanksgiving will see more 
of the fowls eaten than were consumed 
on the same festive occasion in ah# 
year hitherto. To absorb a consider 
able surplus there has grown up a for¬ 
eign demand, and many thousands of 
choice gobblers and “hens” will be 
shipped this autumn to Europe to 
tickle the appreciative palates of epi¬ 
cures on the other side of the water.— 
Louisville Courier-Journal, 



BARGAINING WITH A BUYER. 

A Thankful Spirit. 

Teacher—Johnny, can you tell me 
anything you have to be thankful for 
in the past year? 

Johnny (without hesitation)—Yessur. 

Teacher—Well, Johnny, what is it? 

Johnny—Why, when you broke your 
arm you couldn’t lick us for two 
months.—New York Life. 


The Turkey’s Plaint. 

I am an unassuming’ turkey, 

And I am not to blame 
If by any primogenesis 
Upon the earth I oame. 

They never said a word to me. 

And if I’d had my way 
I should have gone some otherwhere 
To spend Thanksgiving day. 




I The Red Man’s 
Thanksgiving 


I 


How Reservation Indians Enjoy the Day. 
A Pony Smoke Popular—Killing 
Theif Own Meat 


I 


V. 


I NTEREST in Thanksgiving day 
and its observance is just as in¬ 
tense these days among the reser¬ 
vation Indians as in college towns 
where great football games are sched¬ 
uled to occur. Especially is this true 
in the southwest, where the Indians 
have had an opportunity to become 
thoroughly civilized of late years. The' 
white people find no more enjoyment 
in this day of universal cheer than do 
these same dusky redskins. 

It is., a da$- of feasting*^ 1 ing, apd 



MEDICINE MEN DANCE THEIR APPROVAL, 

gaming, with a big dance at night. 
Such sport only comes once a year to 
them nowadays, when they have had 
to forsake the scalping knife for the 
plow. Their wild nature revolted at 
the idea of work, and it has been with 
much difficulty that the government 
agents have made farmers out of the 
young braves. A day of rest and 
amusement is considered good for their 
better nature, and the government au¬ 
thorities are willing that Thanksgiv¬ 
ing day shall become a festal time for 
the reservation wards of the nation. 

The Osages hold a big feast at Paw- 
huska, their capital city. All members 
of the tribe are invited to take part in 
the festiyities.. At. the beginning and 


end of each meal, and there are many, 
the aged missionary who lives among 
them is invited to deliver a short pray¬ 
er, thanking the Great Spirit for the 
good things which the agent has sent 
them. The food is cooked by the 
squaws, and, while it could be pre¬ 
pared in a much cleaner and more 
tasteful manner, the cooking is an im¬ 
provement over that of a few years 
ago. 

The Apaches and Cheyennes are in 
the habit of holding a pony smoke. Of¬ 
ten the Osages indulge in this expensive 
festival. A pony smoke is a friendly 
meeting of two tribes and is especial¬ 
ly appropriate for the occasion. The 
tribe giving the smoke is supposed to 
bear all the expenses. They provide 
the best game and vegetables in the 
market for their guests, and at the end 
of the first day’s meeting they present 
a good pony to the head of each family 

visiting them. As a tribe consists of 
from 300 to 500 families, the expenses 
soon mount high. The Osages, being 
the richest reservation Indians, can 
better afford to hold pony smokes, and 
they generally invite several hundred 
guests from the Poncas, Tonka was and 
surrounding tribes. Those accepting 
the ponies are supposed to return the 
gift with equally expensive ones later 
on, but few of them are in the position 
so to do. 

The Poncas hold every Thanksgiving 
as a beef issue day. If the agent does 
not come forward and present them 
with a herd of cattle for this occasion 
they mortgage their property and buy 
cattle of some neighboring ranchman. 
A beef issue is the most typical and 
also the most picturesque of Indian 
Thanksgiving celebrations. For years 
the government has forbidden the issue 
of beef after the manner of an old time 
issue, but on especial occasions they 
are allowed the amusement of killing 
their own meat. It is said by the gov¬ 
ernment officers who succeeded in hav¬ 
ing the practice stopped that beef is¬ 
sues tend to make the Indian wilder 
and more difficult to civilize. 

A hundred cattle are turned loose in 
a large pasture. The young men of the 
tribe are mounted on mustangs and 
have shining guns. With the good 
wishes of the squaws and medicine 
men ringing in their ears, they ride out 
to kill the cattle. The beasts have no 
chance for life whatever. The chase is 
accompanied by an undue amount of 
wild yelling, while excitement grow® 
intense in the camp. The smell of fresh 
blood makes the squaws wild, as it 
were. After all the cattle have been 
shot down then the killers give a signal 
which means that all of the tribe are 
at liberty to rush forth and secure their, 
portion. A half beef is awarded to each 
squaw. The beef is cleaned and cooked 
on a fire on the open plain, while the 
medicine men dance their approval and 
the warriors sing in their glee. The 
feast follows with more dancing, and 
the whole day is thus spent, ending 
late at night with a final gorge— New 
York Tribune, 

















































































































! Tha.ivksg iving 
For Two 


How Little Dan Cupid Was Aided In His 
Campaign by a. City Delica¬ 
tessen Shop 


By EPES W. SARGENT 


Copyright, 190It, by Epea W. Sargent 


I 


LOSE the window. I cannot 

■ stand it!” said the girl, thrust- 
ing her hatpin back and forth 
in the velvet with trembling • 
fingers. The man did as he was told 
and then turned to her wonderingly. 

“Can’t stand what?” he asked. 

“That noise down in the street, 
those gamins tooting horns and beg¬ 
ging for pennies. It's so different from 
—from last year.” 

The man did not answer at once, but 
he understood. He could see it all— 
the big dining room at the farm, the 
large table In the center with its vivid 
red cloth and green shaded lamp, flank¬ 
ed on, one side by plates of apples and 
nuts and on the other by copies of the 
American Farmer and the Ransom 
County Herald. 

How they had both stood in the door¬ 
way that last Thanksgiving night for 
a final glance at the dear old room! 
And the next time they had entered it, 
how everything had changed! Death, 
desolation, the village auctioneer and 
the foreclosure of the mortgage, all 
these had come to the little farm in 
less than twelve months. The two 
years that Janet had spent in the big 
city denying herself everything, work¬ 
ing in an office during the day and in 
her studio room at night to send home 
interest money for the mortgage, now 
represented just so much wasted time. 

They had both come from Centerville, 
she as a typewritist and he as a book¬ 
keeper—both fresh from business col¬ 
lege. The mighty city had demanded 
much of their country vitality and en¬ 
ergy, so that they had seen very little 
of each other, considering that they 
had come from the same town, yet 
somehow both had felt comforted in 
the thought that the other was within 
reach of messenger or telephone. 

Janet had lived very much to herself 
and her typewriter table, but Herman 
had managed to see more of the city 
and absorb more of the city’s ways. 



That was why lie had discovered a de¬ 
sirable restaurant where he could se¬ 
cure their table d’hote dinner for 
Thanksgiving day at the moderate 
price of 60 cents each. 

Now he tried to speak cheerfully and 
to avoid looking at the hands that 
trembled and the eyes that would fill 
in spite of Janet’s strenuous efforts 10 
maintain her composure. 

“Hurry up, Janet!” he said. “The 
Ramona fills up early, you know.” 

“I would not care if every table was 
taken,” she replied impulsively. “Oh, 
forgive me, Herman, when you are so 
kind to think of me today, but Thanks¬ 
giving dinner in a restaurant—you 
know that seems only for the homeless 
ones, and it makes me realize more 
than ever that I belong to that class 
now.” 

She looked around the room in which 
she had gathered the feAv family heir¬ 
looms brought down from the farm. It 
did not look homeless to Herman, and 
its possibilities as the scene of the 
Thanksgivisg dinner were brought to 
mind as he caught sight of the handle 
of a chafing dish sticking out from the 
cretonne cupboard curtain. 

“I say, Janejt, we won’t go out. We’ll 
cook dinner right here.” 

She sat down very suddenly and 
stared at him. 

“Start Thanksgiving dinner at 12 
o’clock?” she asked half bitterly. “And 
will you please tell me how you can 
cook a dinner by the aid of one oil 
stove not guaranteed to work and a 
chafing disli built for two?” 

“Dead easy,” was his reply as he 
buttoned up his overcoat and reached 
for his hat. “You fill the oil stove and 
get the chafing dish ready and set out 
your table, and I’ll do the rest.” 
s Before she could ask any more ques¬ 
tions the door closed behind him. Me¬ 
chanically she removed her hat and 
reached for the gingham apron which 
she used when preparing her break¬ 
fasts and luncheons. Her dinners she 
always took at a nearby restaurant. 
She lifted the typewriter from its table 
and hid it in the closet. Then she 
spread a newspaper over the table. 

That would! do for the culinary depart¬ 
ment, she argued. 

She removed the student lamp from 
the center table and spread upon it a 
square piece of plain linen, handed 
down by Grandmother Harris. Then 
she went to a trunk which she had 
never opened since the day it left the 
farm, and one by one slip lifted out 
the treasured pieces of family crock¬ 
ery. There were tears in her eyes now, 
and they were not bitter tears. She 
began to feel strangely content. The 
idea that Herman might fail to pro¬ 
duce the viands for the feast never 
entered her head. Somehow or otfier 
he had always accomplished what he 
started to do ever since the day he had 
braved Farmer Green’s bull to steal 
for her a certain red cheeked apple 
which she coveted. 

When she heard Herman’s step at 
the door she was just putting the 
chrysanthemum he had brought her to 
wear into a slender vase to grace the 
center of the table. 

As she flung open the door she fairly 
gasped. The bundle he carried in ei¬ 
ther arm rose above his shoulder. She 
sat down weakly on a flat topped 
trunk by the “kitchen table” to watch 
him unpack the bundles. He checked 
off each package. 

“One can chicken soup, one bottle 
pickled onions, two turkey drumsticks, 
ditto slices of white meat, stuffing and 
gravy, one tin pail of cranberry jelly, 
one wooden dish filled with mashed po¬ 
tatoes, one can lima beans, one stalk 
celery, one mince pie (just see how 
thick it is with real raisins!), one sack 
of nuts (have you got a hammer?) and 
two apples.” 

Janet looked at the remarkable com¬ 


bination with eyes turned suddenly 

grave. 

“Herman, that cost you more than a 
table d’hote dinner would, and now 
how are we going to cook it?” 

“Most of it was cooked at the deli¬ 
catessen shop, and haven't we two 
stoves, or as good as two stoves? Draw 
out that oil contraption of yours.” 

She sprang to her feet. In a few mo¬ 
ments the teakettle was boiling and 
the water was ready to pour over the 
coffee in the little French pot, which 
was then left to drip. The cranberry 
sauce and the rest of the cold dishes 
were set forth in brave array on the 
china from the farm. 

While the soup cooked in the chaf¬ 
ing- dish the potatoes and the gravy 
were all heated in a big saucepan over 
the oil stove, and when the soup was 
served the beans took Its place in the 
chafing dish. And the two young peo¬ 
ple who had forgotten to be homesick 
and heartsick seated themselves at ei¬ 
ther end of a ridiculously small Thanks¬ 
giving dinner table. 

At last they sat over their nuts and 
raisins. Last year they had eaten 
them in front of a blazing fire. In¬ 
stinctively Janet glanced toward a ra¬ 
diator in a distant corner of the room. 
It did not look cheerful, but the steam 
was escaping merrily from the valve, 
and that was something to be thankful 
for. Then she looked back at Herman. 
She ought to be thankful for him too. 
She gave a little sigh of contentment. 
He looked up quickly. It sounded like 
old times. 

“Do you know,” she said wondering¬ 
ly, “I never supposed this place could 
be so much like home.” 

“Home is what people make it— 
what two people make it,” he cor¬ 
rected. 

He had stopped picking over the nuts 
now and his hands were clasped under 
the table. He did not want her to see 
that they were shaking. He had made 
the plunge so suddenly! 

“I don’t think this room is just what 
we ought to have, but we can get a 
nice little flat of three or four rooms 
and you would not have to stop your 
work, so long as you like it so much, 
but we would make sure the front 
room was cheerful and light for you 
to write in. I think it’s a sure cure 
for homesickness for both of us.” 

She sat staring at him, at first stolid¬ 
ly; then gradually the color came into 
her cheeks and the expression on her 
face changed. 

“I don’t understand,” she said, but 
Herman knew that she understood him 
perfectly. 

“I am just offering you a prescrip¬ 
tion, signed II. Blake, M. D., to be 
taken three times a day, breakfast, 
dinner and supper— a husband and a 
cozy little flat.” 

Janet was regaining her composure. 

“With delicatessen cooking?” 

“Well,” he maintained stoutly, “it is 
considerably better than poor restau¬ 
rant food, and when Scollard & Co. 
wake up to an appreciation of my real 
worth you can queen it over a real flat 
and a real maid”— 

“I think I will try the prescription.” 

And that is why Herman Blake has 
always maintained that while most 
men win their brides by the aid of the 
florist or the candy maker he wooed 
Janet through a delicatessen shop. 

Thanksgiving In Hawaii. 

The American citizeness in Hawaii 
can serve a Thanksgiving feast truly 
American if she does not wish to re¬ 
strict it to the primitive simplicity of 
thanks and a hunk of breadfruit fresh 
from the tree. The Hawaiian towns 
have their markets, and in that tem¬ 
perate climate everything can be 
raised that can be grown elsewhere. 
For years the American church in Hon¬ 
olulu has had impressive Thanksgiving 
services* and. the American ladies, al¬ 


ways decorate the building with flow¬ 
ers and appear on that day in then* 
best new gowns—Newark Call. 


Wise by Experience. 

Mrs. Hasher let her boarders decide 
by vote whether the turkey should be 
boiled, roasted, broiled, fried, stewed 
or fricasseed.” 

“What was the decision?” 

“The boarders were governed by past 
experience and voted unanimously that 
the turkey be put through all the proc¬ 
esses.” 

A PURITAN FESTIVAL. 

How Thanksgiving Was Celebrated 
In Old New England. 

Mrs. Rut!! Merrill Clark Hardy of 
the National Society of New England 
Women gives in the New York Trib¬ 
une the following account of a real 
old fashioned Thanksgiving dinner in 
Vogue in New England when she was 
young; 

“For weeks,” she says, “the prepara¬ 
tions were going on for this great 
und only Puritan festival, when the 
children and grandchildren, from far 
and near, gathered under the old fam¬ 
ily rooftree. 

“Dinner was not served, as now, in 
courses, but all sorts of good things 
were placed at once on the table. If 
the dining table could not be length¬ 
ened sufficiently to accommodate the 
increased family group, then smaller 
ones were placed around the room. The 
snowy linen was that which had been 
spun and woven in the house. 

“Puritan simplicity did not see the 
need of table adornments outside of 
the fine white linen, the pears and 
rosy cheeked apples and the abundance 
of food. In the center of the table was 
a roast pig, at one end a big turkey, 
the choicest of the flock, and at the 
other a luscious goose. There were 
cold roast spareribs and always a 
chicken pie. The rich crust of this pie 
was decorated on top with the words 
‘Give Thanks,’ in pastry letters. For 
vegetables there were potatoes, onions, 
turnips and squash; for appetizers, 
homemade pickles, cider apple sauce, 
pepper and melon mangoes. There 
were plates of delicious white and 
brown bread and the sweetest of but¬ 
ter. Then followed plum pudding such 
as only a New England woman can 
make, mince, pumpkin and apple pie, 
cranberry tarts and baked sweet ap¬ 
ples. hickory, butter and hazel nuts. 

“Tea and coffee were served through¬ 
out the meal, with the richest of sweet 
cream, and great pitchers of sweet 
cider were in evidence, not only at 
the dinner, but at all times during the 
day, as was popcorn, -which was al¬ 
ways enjoyed by the young folks.” 


AN ARMY THANKSGIVING. 


The Famous Plum Pudding of the 
Hawkins Zouaves. 

“In November, 1862,” said the vet¬ 
eran who Avas a drummer boy in the 
famous HaAvkins’ zouaves, “we were 
in camp at Falmouth, directly opposite 
Fredericksburg, where many of our 
command fell a little later. We could 
get nothing but the ordinary rations, 
but Ave had prepared for that by start¬ 
ing a company fund several months be¬ 
fore for the purpose of supplying a 
Thanksgiving dinner. There must have 
been something like $40 in the fund, 
and our cook kept the disposal of this 
fund a profound secret. 

“It seems ridiculous now, but I don’t 
believe that any child ever waited for 
the coming of Christmas morning with 
a keener excitement than we did for 
that Thanksgiving dinner. When it 
came at last, we found that the great 
dish was nothing more jes$ than a 
good old fashioned plum pudding, rich 
and savory. I’ll never forget that pud¬ 
dingy but it was-the only thingwe had. 


















































































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It had taken all the "company fund to 
buy the flour and other ingredients for 
the pudding. 

“I tell you, though, it seemed mighty 
good to our stomachs, which had en¬ 
dured a steady diet of hard tack and 
coffee for weeks. I don’t believe that 
a band of street ragamuffins ever 
tackled a feast with a keener relish 
than we poor fellows felt when we de¬ 
voured that pudding.” 


Porto Rico’s Thanksgiving. 

In Porto Rico at Thanksgiving time 
men who go about selling chickens and 
turkeys carry them in bundles wrap¬ 
ped with jagua palm. Out of the end 
of the bundle stick the turkey’s long 
tail feathers, looking like a feather 
duster. Moreover, these bundled tur¬ 
keys are still alive, and the woman 
who purchases her Thanksgiving bird 
is compelled to board it until she or her 
lord and master is ready to kill it for 
cooking. 

In that climate refrigerators are rare, 
and fowls do not keep as long as one 
might wish. In the markets of Porto 
Rico the housewife can buy any good 
things that are possible in America. 
The market is usually found on the 
wide plaza, where buying and selling 
are attended with much din. Black 
faced women in white, with gay ban¬ 
danna handkerchiefs about their heads, 
do the selling, sometimes a couple of 
little black children tumbling about at 
their feet. They squat upon the ground 
among their fruit and vegetables. 
Pumpkins may be purchased there of a 
size that would amaze the American 
housewife. 




Knowing His 
Business 


By A. D. 
SAYER 



Copyright, 190k. by the 

American Press Association 


N IGHT was falling in the San 
Carlos valley. Already in the 
canyon where the Overland 
express wound around the 
rocky spurs it was dark enough to 
show the triangle of red lights on tbe 
rear sleeper. 

At Sadler Tom Burns had taken tbe 
train to haul up grade to Casa Grande 
and thence down to Los Pinos, tbe end 
of his run. Tom had taken trains 
through the mountains for many years, 
but so far in his career he had never 
met that terror of the railroad and ex¬ 
press company, the train robber of the 
Sierras. 

At Mogollan the locomotive stood 
hard breathing under the water tank, 
while Pease, the express messenger, 
came forward and watched Tom oiling 
his engine. 

“Hello, Sam!” said the engineer as he 
poked the long nose of his oil can 
among the frames of No. 47. “Carryin’ 
any coin with your boxes tonight?” 

“Dry up, Tom,” returned the express 
messenger irritably. “It’s none of your 
business what you haul, is it?” 

“Got some aboard then, eh?” laughed 
Tom. “Well, I reckon there’ll be a few 
of them mountaineers a-lookin’ for us 
some of these trips.” 

“I haven’t got much tonight, but 
somehow I feel queer. Don’t know why 
I should. I’ve gone through with more 
plenty of times.” 

Big Tom finished oiling and put the 
cap on his oil can. 

“Don’t you hev no presentiments, 
Sam,” he remarked, looking around at 
the lovely country about the water 
tank. 

“All ready thar, Jim?” 

The fireman on the tender nodded 


and swung back the spout. 

“Keep your eye open, Tom, on the 
mountains,” said the express messen¬ 
ger as he started back to his car. 

Two hours later the heavy train was 
pounding the grade within a few miles 
of the divide. When he sighted the 
signal lamps of the siding where the 
eastbound No. 5 should pass him, Tom 
sent the air to the w'heels to hold her 
until the switch was opened and he 
could pull into the siding. Here and 
there a passenger dropped off the steps 
of the Pullmans to look up at the fan¬ 
tastic cliffs above them. The con¬ 
ductor went into a little shanty serv¬ 
ing as a telegraph office for the use of 
passing trains. There was no operator 
at that poi»t, but most conductors 
could make shift to report their trains. 

After a time he came out and went 
along to the engineer. 

“Here’s a train order, Tom. Funny, 
but they were calling when I went in. 
Usually I have to spend ten minutes 
getting the dispatcher to take my re¬ 
port.” 

Burns took the rough scratch of copy 
that was handed him and read: 

Division Headquarters, Nov. 6, 189—. 

Tr. No. 5, one hour late. Tr. No. 2 will 
pass 5 at Sandside 7:14. 

R. P., Div. Dispatcher. 

Burns climbed into his cab and read 
the order again. Then he pushed back 
his cap with a grimy hand and pon¬ 
dered. Finally he hailed the con¬ 
ductor, “Say, Bill!” 

“What’s the matter, Tom?” The en¬ 
gineer did not reply, and the con¬ 
ductor hurried forward into the gloom. 
“Bill, I reckon we’d better not leave.” 
“Not leave! Why not?” asked the 
conductor. 

“Well, I don’t like that order.” 
“What’s wrong with it?” 

“It ain’t like R. P. to say why an 
order’s changed. Usually it’s just an 
order on”— Burns hesitated a mo¬ 
ment and then said, “Well, Bill, you 
know we’re carryin’ somethin’ tonight.” 

“Tom, you’ve lost your nerve. That 
order is all right.” 

“No, I ain’t lost my nerve either. 
There’s somethin’ about that order 
that don’t seem natural. I call it a 
forgery.” 

“I’ll go over and call up R. P. He’ll 
know whether he sent his order or 
not.” 

While the conductor was gone several 

passengers came forward to learn the 
cause of the delay. 

The conductor came running back. 
“I got R. P. easily enough. He repeated 
the order, and here it is.” The new 
message ran: 

Cert. Order's all right. Come along 
quick. R. P. 

Burns eyed the scratch with a suspi¬ 
cious eye. Then he picked up his lan¬ 
tern and oil can and started to work on 
the engine again. 

“Hurry up, Tom,” cried the conduct¬ 
or. “We can’t lay here all night. We’ll 
tie up the road.” 

“I ain’t goiu’,” growled Burns. 

“Man, you’re crazy! There’s the or¬ 
der and the order repeated.” 

“I’ve been runnin’ on this road long 
before you fellows knew a Tonto from 
a toadstool,” said the engineer, “an’ I 
know old R. P.’s orders. He never sent 
no such message as that, an’ here’s 
where I stay till No. 5 comes along.” 

“I order you to pull out.” said the 
conductor. 

Tom Burns made no reply. A crowd 
began to grow about the engine, urging 
upon its members the advisability of 
pulling him from the place and letting 
the fireman haul the train. A person in 
remarkably well fitting clothes now 
pushed his way to the front. 

“See here, engineer,” said he, “do 
you know who I am?” 

Burns glanced carelessly down and 


replied: 

“Stranger, I don’t keep track of ev¬ 
ery dude what travels over this road.” 

“I am George Richards on,” continued 
the carefully dressed man, “and a 
stockholder in the company. Unless you 
start immediately I shall report your 
conduct to the authorities.” 

“That’s right; fire him!” yelled a few 
of the nearest. 

“Well, George,” said Burns, “the only 
stock I ever held was a new branded 
steer down in El Paso. Just you wait 
until you get to the authorities before 
you report me, will you?” 

Something in the confident banter of 
the engineer and in his mysterious sus¬ 
picion calmed the indignation. There 
was a momentary hush, and a little 
child from the sleeper suddenly said: 
“Papa, I hear nozzer train cornin’. ” 
Far up the canyon an indistinct rum¬ 
ble was heard. Louder and louder it 
blew down on the cold night air. The 
rails began to sing. A shrill siren rang 
among the cliffs. Then the headlight 
blazed into view, and with a blinding 
whirl of wind and sand No. 5, east- 
bound, thundered by. 

The crowd stood amazed till some 
one, realizing what they had been 
saved from, yelled: 

“What’s the matter with the en¬ 
gineer?” 

The roar that followed showed con¬ 
clusively that the majority thought he 
was all right. 

Burns lost no time in starting as 
soon as he could get his hands free 
from the clasps of the men about him. 
For some time they rumbled on up 
the grade, the express car in darkness 
giving no hint of the agent sitting 
there with a Winchester across his 
knees, listening through the whir of 
wheels for the sound of brakes. 

Over the summit of the pass and 
down the western slope the heavy 
train slid along. Suddenly Burns in¬ 
stinctively closed the throttle and 
grasped the brake lever. Far ahead a 
red lantern swung to and fro across 
the track. 

For an instant the great perplexity 
of a great crisis showed itself on his 
face. Then muttering, “I’ll risk it 
anyhow,” he pulled back the throttle 
again, and the train rushed on. Vig¬ 
orously swung the red flame of danger, 
but Burns yelled over the boiler to his 
fireman: 

“Track’s clear, Jim, but look out for 
their lead!” 

Both men crouched in the cab. But 
no shots were fired. Burns glanced up 
suddenly and shut off the steam. A 
dark mass was taking shape on the 
track. 

“Stand by to jump that, Jim!” the en¬ 
gineer said sharply. 

The train was binding and pounding 
under the force of the hard applied 
brakes. With frightful rapidity the 
mass ahead seemed to near them. In 
the gloom it appeared to be a laby¬ 
rinth of beams and girders hopelessly 
tangled. In reality it was a few ties 
and an old rail or two heaped hurriedly 
on the track. The impact of the nearly 
stopped train threw some of these off. 
The locomotive mounted slightly on 
the others and finally ceased to move. 

Burns and his fireman jumped down 
just in time to gaze into revolver muz¬ 
zles. 

“Git back on to that engine an’ head 
down the canyon. We’ll clear the 
track,” said one of the holdups. 

“Guess you hev the say, pardner,” 
answered Burns promptly and re¬ 
mounted his cab. One of the revolvers 
was pressed into the small of his back 
as he went up. He knew what was 
meant. He must start down the can¬ 
yon with three desperadoes in his cab 
and the express car trailing behind, 
leaving the rest of the train stalled in 
the mountains. Then when a conven¬ 
ient spot was reached there would be 
the dynamite, destruction and death 




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is published on the first of every month. 
T E R M S, 35 cents per year, in advance. 

Special Library Edition, heavy paper, 50c yr* 
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probably to Sam Pease, tlie express 
clerk, and the loss of thousands of dol¬ 
lars. 

When the last of these ideas had 
flashed through Burns’ head, his foot 
was on the platform between the en¬ 
gine and tender and the handle of 
Jim’s coal shovel invitingly near. There 
was a sudden twist of the engineer’s 
body, a fierce motion in the dark, the 
report of a pistol. Something slipped 
from the steps of the locomotive and 
lay groaning beside them. 

Then commenced a fusillade of shots, 
many of them from the direction of the 
express car. People poured out of the 
coaches, but the Pullmans were locked. 
It was a southwestern crowd, conse¬ 
quently armed, likewise looking for 
trouble. In much less time than it 
reads a number of would be train rob¬ 
bers were climbing the neighboring 
hills. 

When the last had disappeared, the 
conductor stumbled up to Burns. 

“Tom, this has been a big day for 
you. Hello! Here’s one of them, eh! 
Shot?” 

“No; jest banged with a shovel,” an¬ 
swered Burns, working away at the 
wounded robber. 

“I want you to come over this side a 
moment and see something that will 
surprise you,” continued the conductor, 
starting across the track. 

“What’s this?” asked the engineer a 
moment later, handling a curious little 
box attached to some wires which dis¬ 
appeared among the rocks. 

“That’s a tap, Tom. Those chaps tap¬ 
ped the telegraph, and here’s where the 
orders we got were manufactured.” 

“So them fellows planned to hev us 
run into Five on the down grade an’ 
then plunder the wreck,” said Burns 
thoughtfully. 

“It was only your fault that they 
didn’t,” said the conductor. 

Twenty-four hours later Tom Burns 
stood on the carpet before the desk of 
the general superintendent, nervously 
twisting his cap between his hands. Be¬ 
side the functionary of the road sat 
the carefully dressed man, the stock¬ 
holder of the company. 

“Burns,” said the superintendent se¬ 
verely, “your train was four hours late 
yesterday. What’s the explanation?” 

“Jest a bungle at a holdup in the San 
Carlos,” replied Burns. 

“You don’t seem to take advice kind¬ 
ly, do you,Burns?” continued the super¬ 
intendent. “For instance, yesterday 
you wouldn’t take the advice of nearly 
a hundred passengers, including a di¬ 
rector of the road.” 

“I know my business,” replied the 
engineer, “an’ can attend to it without 
any advice.” 

“How long have you had an engine?” 

“About fifteen years,” was the an¬ 
swer. 

“That is too long, much too long,” 
said the official. “I am going to give 
you something different. Tomorrow you 
will receive papers appointing you su¬ 
perintendent of the San Carlos division. 
We need a man there who knows his 
business.” 


An ADsentminrtea Canon. 

It was the turn of Minor Canon Bind¬ 
ley-to preach in Norwich cathedral. He 
was aware of his own infirmity of 
absentmindedness, and therefore gave 
the key of his study in the close to his 
landlady, with instructions to lock him 
in and to let him out just in time for 
service. She did not wish to take the 


responsibility aud finally gave him 

back the key, but he remained under 
the impression that she took it as he 
desired. 

He read his sermon over until the 
bells began to ring. Then he put on liis 
surplice and waited. Of course no 
landlady came to release him. He 
grew uneasy as he saw the congrega¬ 
tion assemble. Then the great bell be¬ 
gan to toll for the assembly of the 
dean and chapter. Still no one came to 
let him out. 

At last, in despair, Mr. Bindley threw 
open a window, and by the help of the 
waterbutt and spout he climbed, in his 
full canonical robes, into the street. 
Fortunately for his dignity it was so 
late that almost every one was in the 
cathedral and few saw him, but the 
two or three privileged ones who wit¬ 
nessed it enjoyed the performance 
hugely. 

On his return home Mr. Lindley me¬ 
chanically put his hand in his pocket 
for the key, found it and had opened 
the door of the room before he realized 
that his difficulty had been imaginary. 


Silent Carillons. 

Time was when, even among the 
cities of Flanders, famous for ages for 
their silvery bells, the bells of Brus¬ 
sels enjoyed pre-eminence. The city 
used to possess seven great peals 
whose silvery voices shed their har¬ 
monies daily over the city. One after 
another, however, they have disappear¬ 
ed until only a single peal remains— 
that of St. .Tacques-sur-Condenberg— 
and this is never heard—silent like the 
rest of the glorious bells of Belgium, 
which once f”«m nearly every parish 
church in tlie land breathed forth the 
soul of Flemish art in melody, inspir¬ 
ing founders and artists to work that 
won fame through Europe. The French 
revolution wrought the ruin and con¬ 
demned the land to the silence of the 
utilitarian age.—London Globe. 

New Jersey’s First Thanksgiving. 

When, in 1763, the Dutch established 
themselves in New Jersey for the sec¬ 
ond time they reorganized the various 
town governments and set up new 
governments “under the stijle of 
Schont and Schepens,” “bij virtue of a 
Commission from ye High and mighty 
Lords the States Generali and his Se¬ 
rene Highness the Prince of Orange.” 
On the 15th of the succeeding Novem¬ 
ber the Dutch authorities issued what 
was probably the first Thanksgiving 
proclamation issued for New Jersey, 
and which is the more interesting be¬ 
cause Thanksgiving here in New Jer¬ 
sey, as elsewhere, is generally consid¬ 
ered of New England origin.—Newark 
Call. 


Thanksgiving In Japan. 

The Japanese, often called the “Yan¬ 
kees of the east,” have a Thanksgiving 
day, Oct. 17, on which thanks are given 
for bounteous harvests. 


After Thanksgiving. 

The Turkey—Please help a poor be¬ 
reaved feller wot has lost 478,962,621 
relatives in one day!—New York Press. 


There’s Something to 

Be Thankful For 


T HAR’S sumthin’ to be thankful fur, no 
matter how things go— 

In summer time fur fruit sui’ flowers, in 
winter time fur snow. 

Thar’s sumthin’ sort o’ pleasant happens to us 
every day, 

An’ life’s a perfect picnic ef we look at it that 
way. 

Thar’s always sumthin’ purty fur our weary eyes 
to see— 

The glory o’ the sunset or the blossoms on 
the tree— 



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sending reference for my choice ap 
■■V proval selections U. S. & for’n stamps 
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We are giving away 

M GAMES, 
TRICKS 
PUZZLES 
STORIES 
RECIPE MANUAL 
ETC., ETC., FREE 
Tfi cdpu mm Not ° ne game ° r ° ne 

IU LIU) 11 iLllOUli.trick to each person, 
but an assortment of the above making 

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and including- IULUMINATED GAMES, 

such as Dominoes, Chess, Nine Men Morris, 
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Manual of trade secrets, telling how to make 
such articles as colored inks, glue, baking pow¬ 
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One of these recipes originally sold for $100.00. 
You have an opportunity to get rich making and 
selling the artic’es described here. Also some 
choice cooking reeipes and hundreds oi* other 
useful and entertainingdevjces, including the 
magic age card; how to memoriae dates and num¬ 
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500 OF THE ABOAE FREE TO 
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speak a good word for us by way of an advertise¬ 
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STAMPS 


IOO Java, Cbina&c,un 
usual value , and also 
a stamp dictionary & 
big illustrated list of 
1000 bargains, all the 
above post paid for 2 c 
Only one lot to each. Stamps in an 
album free to agents. 50 p.c.commis- 
sion. A. Bullard & Co., Philatelic 
Dept., 446 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. 


OTiiiDO rnrr 20 u.s. revenues 

5 1 Ami U rHtt Cat. value 27c for the 
names of two collectors and two cents postage. 
40 Japan mounted on sheet, only 25c. 10 

Cuban revs. ioc. 11 U.S. 1902 I to 50c ioc. 
5 St. Louis 1 to ioc 12c. 20 Russia ioc. 

Lists Free. We buy stamps. Buying list ioc. 
Ask for list of an ^ ic stamps. 

WHOLESALE 

loo Cuban revs. Jc. 100 Cuban 5c 1891 iocx 
100 Mexico ir unused 35c. 100 Venezuela 

5c gray 25c. 100 Corea 2r 1900 25c. 100 

Corea 2r 1904 25c. 10 sets 10 Cuba Revs 35c 

100 sets 2.00 10 Guatemala 1886 asst. cat. 8c 
to 15c, 25c. 100, $1.50. 50 blank sheets ioc 
100, 19c. 10 blank approval books 15c. 100 

90c. Write for wholesale list. Many bargains. 

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From now until Jan. 1st, 1906 we 
are going to give away 100 of Scott’s 
latest edition of the International Post. 
Sta’p Album,absolutely free of charge. 
We are making this exceptional offer 
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will charge the full amount expended 
therefore to our advertising account. 
Send us your full name and address at 
once and own one of these albums. Al¬ 
so send the names and addresses of two ♦ 
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GIVEN 
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hinge paper for mounting stamps ; one packet 
of 100 stamps, cataloguing about $1 50, and 
including : Shanghai, Jamaica (Jubilee, etc.) 
Bogota, a U. S. worth 25c, Argentine, Cuba 
50c, unused, of 1875, ’79, ’80, Mexico, Ser\ia, 
and others ; and our illustrated lisis of stamps 
and premiums, d his collection will give you 
a good start, and what duplicates you find can 
:be exchanged with the boys for other stamps. 
This great collection free, as a premium, it 
you will send only 35 c for a year’s subscrip¬ 
tion to this paper. You never before heard of 
an offer equal to this one, made simply to add 
10,000 or more names to our subscription list. 
3 Collection not sold without subscription. 

REALM, Sta.A, Boston , Mass . 


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taining: too foreign stamps, Jamaica 
etc., 1 set 8 Japanese stamps, 1 pocket 
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1 sample best gum paper, 1 perfora¬ 
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An’ always sumthin’ tuneful fur our tired ears 
to hear— 

The children’s voices chirpin’ or the robin’s 
music clear. 

Thar’s always sumthin’ ready fur cur wihin’ 
hands to do— 

Sum haltin’ steps to help along, sum job to 
carry through— 

No chance to be a-kickin’ when our feet are 
busy goin’. 

No time fur idle growlin’ when we’re plantin’ 
seed an* so win’. 

Thar’s sumthin’ to he thankful fur, no matter 
how things go— 

No end to all our blessin’s ef we only count 
’em so. 

An’ even ef you’re out o’ sorts, or sick, or sad, 
or pore. 

Jest thank the Lord you’re livin’ ef you can’t 
do nothin’ more. 

—Atlanta Constitution. 


HOW TO COOK A TURKEY. 


The Recipe of a Famous New York 
Chef. 

A chef who has for many years pre¬ 
sided over the cuisine of one of New 
York city’s best hotels gives this recipe 
for preparing and cooking the Thanks¬ 
giving turkey: 

“Slit the neck of the turkey from the 
back, of the head down its whole length 
and with the fingers separate the skin 
from it. Cut the skin a little above the 
middle and pull apart, then cut the 
neck off at the base. That will leave 
the skin intact for further use. 

“Take the intestines out through an 
incision in the abdomen, but first take 
out the crop by inserting the finger 
where you have cut the neck off. Loos¬ 
en the strings, or pipes, inside and pull 
them easily, then the whole crop will 
come out intact. Wash well, and the 
turkey will be ready for stuffing. 

“For the stuffing soak a small stale 
loaf of bread in cold water and when 
soft squeeze all the water out; place in 
a bowl, add salt, pepper, thyme or sage 
or both; fry one onion chopped fine in 
four ounces of butter and a little ham, 
bacon or salt pork; cut fine, add a 
whole egg and mix well. Stuff the 
crop or wishbone part thoroughly and 
fasten the skin over it on the back 
of the turkey with a skewer or sew it; 
the rest put inside. Bake the turkey in 
a hot oven and cook about ninety min¬ 
utes.” 


It Is a Phonograph Which Records 
All Messages. 

The disadvantages inevitable in tele¬ 
phoning have been partially overcome 
by an instrument of foreign make, 
though the general serviceability of 
the device has not been demonstrated 
by usage in this country, according to 
the World's Work. It may be describ¬ 
ed as an ordinary telephone with a 
phonographic attachment. 

While Mr. Jones is in his office the 
attachment is not in use, but on going 
out he connects it with the telephone. 
When some one calls for Mr. Jones 
over the telephone the phonographic 
attachment responds something after 
this fashion: “Mr. Jones is not in. 
This is a phonographic receiver speak¬ 
ing. Kindly give me your message and 
I will repeat it to him on his return.” 

On coming in Mr. Jones sees from a 
signal that a message is waiting him. 
He takes the receiver, and the phono¬ 
graph delivers the messages (perhaps 
there are many) that have been con¬ 
fided to it. 


The Smallest Microbe. 

The smallest object yet recognized 
under the microscope is the bacillus 
of pleuropneumonia in cattle. This is 
one-tenth of a micron, or about one 
two hundred and fifty thousandth 
of an inch, in size, and still smaller 
microbes^ as_yqt junseen, .are supposed 


to be associated with smallpox, hydro¬ 
phobia and the horse sickness of South 
Africa. Two years ago two Germans 
devised a means of increasing the visi¬ 
bility of minute objects by immersing 
them in glass so as to admit of lighting 
from the side. This process has been 
greatly simplified by French micro- 
scopists, and a new view of the in¬ 
finitely little is promised as the next 
scientific sensation. 


A Substitute For Hair. 

Invention has found a substitute for 
human hair. It was discovered inci¬ 
dentally by a French and a German 
chemist in a long quest for some meth¬ 
od for making artificial silk. The de¬ 
partment of commerce and labor is in¬ 
formed that factories are soon to be 
started in the United States for making 
silk from collodion. The same factories 
will make hair for wigs, svntches and 
other covers for baldness. The col¬ 
lodion spun hair is lighter, softer and 
cheaper and altogether better than hair 
cropped from the human head.—New 
York Herald. 


A Thanksgiving- Game. 

One of the funniest of the funny 
games peculiar to Thanksgiving time 
is called “hunt the turkey.” 

Go out to the kitchen and take the 
turkey out of the oven and bring it in 
and hide it somewhere in the parlor. 
Under the lace curtains in the windows 
is a good place or you might shove it 
down inside of the piano. Then let 
the guests come in and hunt for it. 
The person who finds it must hit some 
one with it before the person can get 
it back to the other room, which is 
home base. It is not fair to throw the 
turkey, as it must be swung by the 
hands. If a person accidentally knocks 
over a lamp or breaks a picture or 
throws the turkey through the win¬ 
dow he or she must pay a forfeit. 

Of course this game, which is funny 
and one in which both young and old 
may join, must not be played longer 
than half an hour before the time set 
for the dinner, for the turkey must be 
taken back to the oven and allowed to 
finish cooking before being carried to 
the table. It is not fair to take bites 
out of the turkey when it is found and 
it is also against the rules of the game 
to kick the turkey around the room. It 
must be held in the hands, right side 
up, so that the stuffing will not fall 
out.—New York World. 


Making the Proclamation. 

There is a good deal of form and cer¬ 
emony about the making of the 
Thanksgiving proclamation. It is com¬ 
posed by the president himself and in 
most instances written out in his own 
hand. When this is done the document 
goes to the state department, where it 
is carefully copied in ornamental writ¬ 
ing that is almost like engraving on the 
official blue paper of that department. 
The next thing needed on the document 
is the great seal of the government. 
This seal is kept by the clerk of par¬ 
dons and commissions, and it is very 
carefully guarded under lock and key. 
Its keeper will not produce it without 
a special warrant signed by the presi¬ 
dent, and an impression of the seal is 
quite a ceremony in itself. When the 
proclamation has been thus duly sign¬ 
ed and sealed many copies are made of 
it by clerks, and one is sent to the gov¬ 
ernor of every state in the Union. It is 
also given out then to the press agents, 
who telegraph it all over the United 
States. Each governor, as he receives 
it, issues one himself for his state. 


Had All the Varieties. 

Burns (after the great Thanksgiving 
feast)—I heard that you had a piece of 
’each of the fifteen kinds of pie? 

Spurns—Very likely I did. I know 
that now I’m having about fifteen dif¬ 
ferent kinds of indigestion. 



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War Knife, carved from Carabao horn, special 
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Philippine hats, canes, bolos, sea shells, books, photos, paintings 
fine cloths, embroideries, cnrabao horns, coins, stamps, kalans, 
suecosand many other curios. Price list alone, io cents. 

-SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICES- 


Calasiao hand woven hat worth $5.00 3, 
Six differenCcurious hats, worth 3.00 2. 

Native Bolo, steel blade . 2 

Curious Buyo Cloaver . 

Kalapiao, or rainy-day suit. 2, 

C A sample size, genuine hand-woven 
p you mention the REALM. 

CHAS. C. DE SELMS, Box 


00 Two pairs suecos (wooden shoes). 1.00 

00 One Petate (nativemat) .- 1.00 

00 Fifty Sea Shells ..... .. 1.00 

,50 Finely embroidered Pina Handkerchief 1.00 
00 These prices good for a short time only. 

Philippine hat FREE with any order from above, 
10 photo prints, 5x7, Philippine views, 1.50 

1072, MANILA, Philippine Islands 


F REE, 52 different foreign stamps, inc. 

China and unused Cuba for the names & 
addresses of 2 active stamp collectors. Send 
2c stamp for return postage. EDGE WOOD 
Stamp Co., 38 Clarkson St.,Dorchester,Mass 


d. Mention the Realm when answering advs 



jr'iCTQ for 

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boys 

gut-, men mid women 
who will sell The Little' 
Giant Ink Powder to their friends at 
5c per package. By 
Simply mixing with 
water one package 
makes more than an 
ordinary ink bottle 
full of the best writ 
Ing and copying ini 
(jet black ) in the 
world . We trust you 
with 10 packages to 
start. When sold, 
send ns the money 
and we will forward 
you any premium 
for selling 50c worth 1 
or we will send, on 
receipt of the above 
amount, a 2nd lot of 
powders,if you wish 
to earn a more valu-! 
able premium, giv¬ 
ing you credit for 
your fi r s t remit 
tance. Or,if you pre¬ 
fer, we .. 'll pay you 
a cash commission 
of 40 per cent, in a 
place of a premium.* 
Return all ink you 
cannot sell in 14days 

For selling 2 to 16 
packages, we give 
rare collections of© 
ipostage stamps and many other things, 
f For selling 8 pcks, a stamp album to bold 
)2000 stamps; for selling 12 pcks, 1000 asst, 
.foreign stamps; for20,Scott’s Catalogue; 
'for selling 10, big stamp and story paper 
{one year. For selling various amounts 
|We give typewriters, presses, rifles, cam 
[eras, telescopes, musical instruments, 
{books, chemical wonder boxes, mineral, 
^collections, dynamos, watches, tele-^ 
'phones, etc. Send, for our complete,* 
W ILLUSTRATED PREMIUM LIST ® 

\Of hundreds of choice gifts, and 10 pack-. 
4*geti&k powder to sell. Address 

A THE FAY CHEMICAL COMPANY, ~± 
f BOX BZ, STA. A, BOSTON, MASS. f 

A For our reliability we refer you A 

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Kites Free. 

Diagrams and full direc¬ 
tions for making toy kites.the 
Eddy kite, and the wonderful 
Blue Hill Observatory box 
kite. Material costs little 
or nothing. The box kite 
will rise straight from the 
hand, and carry a camera 
into the clouds for photo¬ 
graphing from high alti¬ 
tudes. Large ones used in 
war for making observa¬ 
tions. Inventors now 
adopt the plan of the kite 
for new experiments in 
flying machines. You 
want to know all about 
them. Send 10c for trial 
subscription to our paper 
and receive these di¬ 
rections, wflth the history of the kite, free. 

REALM;Station A,Boston,Mass* 



THE NEXT ISSUE OF THIS 
PAPER WILL BE THE 

CHRISTMAS NUMBER 

The circulation among collectors 
will be IMMENSE 

Forms close about Dec. 11th 



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Is {equivalent to the following proposition 

♦ which we make you to-day. If you will send • 

♦ us the name and address of any reliable 
newsdealer in your town or neighborhood we ♦ 
will allow you for your trouble 25c towards a 
3Sc_yearly subscription to the Realm. That ♦ 
is, if you will send us the name and one<‘ 
dime, or 10c in unused stamps, we will send ■ 
you, without any premiums, this paper for a' 
whole year. Such an offer as this is not ■ 
likely to last long, and as soon as this ad- < 
vertisement is withdrawn the offer will re- < 
main good no longer. Present subscribers 
may extend their subscriptions by remitting' 
at once. Non-subscribers should embrace ■ 
this opportunity to secure the Realm a« 
whole year foronly ioc.thus saving 25c by sub- < 
scribing at once. Names of newsdealers in ‘ 
Boston and vicinity will not be accepted up- 1 
on these terms. Send other names at once to ' 

.A. BULLARD & COMPANY 

♦ 446 Tremont St., BOSTON, MASS ; 

FINE LOT OrPOSTAL CARDS 


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E probably have more unused 
Foreign Postal Cards than any 
other dealer in the world. 
Nearly 500,000, more than 
two truck loads. 


Prices are way down. Fine set of 20 varie¬ 
ties of Dominican Republic cards, including 
double cards, post paid for 50c. 10 var. Hon¬ 
duras cards 25c. 10 Nicaragua cards 25c. 10 

San Salvador cards 25c. All prepaid. 

Fine collection of 100 varieties foreign cards, 
all unused $2.60. Send for lists wholesale or 
retail. The new catalogue out soon. Sent 
post paid for 58c and an entire sheet of 100 
Cuban revenues free with order. 

J. E. HANDSHAW, V 

Smlthtown Branch... ...... N. I. 

































































STAMPS. 100 Hondvras 



etc., album & 
1905 illustrate! 
list, T W O 
cents. Agts 50 
°f 0 . Booklet 
telling how to 
scientifica 1 1 y 
repair dam¬ 
aged stamps 
FREE to new 


agents. Illustrated list of thousands of bar¬ 
gains, free. Hill Stamp Co., S. End, Boston 


A HOME-MADE U. S. STAMP ALBUM 
Without Minor Varieties 
(To be Continued Monthly) 

SE an unruled blank book of suitable size. Buie off the squares 
exactly as in the diagrams. They should be of the same size. 
The envelope section ( for cut squares ) should be made in 


the last half of the book. 11 one is a good letterer it is best to print 
or write the text, in a neat hand, with a jet-black ink, following the 
copy ; but some may prefer to cut out the printed descriptions and 
carefully paste them into the album. When complete your album 
will hold about 200 general issue adhesives, some 40 due stamps, 100 
departments and nearly 150 envelope and wrapper stamps—making 
as complete a U. S. album as the average collector could possibly fill. 


STAMP NEWS. 


U. S. General Issues, Continued 


T can be 
said, and 
withou t 
exagger- 
atio n , 
that the 
chief news of the 
month is the appear¬ 
ance of the Standard 
Catalogue for 1900. 
Although this book 
is issued yearly by a 
business house and 
prices the goods sup¬ 
posed to be carried 
in stock.it is consid¬ 
ered by collectors to 
be the u standard 
not only in name 
but in reality. Too 
much importance 
cannot be placed on 
the appearance of 
t he annual cata¬ 
logue. Most collec¬ 
tors think they 
could not get along 
without a printed 
album, but as im¬ 
portant as the album 
may be, the annual 
catalogue is a great¬ 
er necessity. 


There is a move¬ 
ment on foot to lur- 
ther popularize the 
pursuit by supply¬ 
ing the general read- 
ing public with 
news, from time to 
time, regarding mat¬ 
ters philatelic. This 
will be done through 
the columns of the 
daily and weekly 
newspapers through¬ 
out the country. A 
writer has been en¬ 
gaged to prepare the 
articles for publica¬ 
tion. It is believed 
that newspaper edi¬ 
tors will be glad to 
receive these notices 
and will publish 
them. Prominent 
philatelists have 
subscribed hundreds 
of dollars towards a 
fund for carrying on 
the work, and it is 
believed that others 
will contribute. 



New design; 
small stamps 




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1902-3; 1 c green 2c red 3c purple 4c brown 5 tdue 

Franklin Washington Jackson Grant Lincoln 


6c red brown 8c slate 

Garfield Martha Washington 


loe brown 
Webster 



13c slate 15c olive 

Harrison Clay 


30c orange $1 00 block $2.00 blue 

Jefferson Farragut Madison 


$5.00 green Shield background 

Mat shall 2c carmine 


1 


Louisiana Purchase. 1904 
ic green, Livingston 

2c carmine 
Jefferson 

3c purple 
Monroe 

5c blue 

McKinley 

ioc brown 

Map 

Special Delivery 






1885; IOC blue 

/ r 

*88 (at any office), 10c blue 

-'93; 10c orange 

’95; wmkd U. S. P. S. 10 blue. 1903; 10c blue (bicyclist) 


Newspaper Stamps 

















































































































































How a Great Stamp Business 
Is Conducted 


The Lee Stamp Company differs as much 
from the smaller stamp concern as the great 
elephant in the show from the numerous small 
animals which go to make up the menagerie. 
But in the present case it is not a comparison 
of size alone. For while the business is con¬ 
ducted on the grandest scale—the stock im¬ 
ported, or bought first hand in this country in 
large lots,— the business is nevertheless carried 
on in the most economical manner and con¬ 
ducted by philatelists of long experience in 
handling stamps and stamp supplies. The ob¬ 
ject of the Company is to sell stamps at the 
smallest margin of profit but to do business on 
such an enormous scale that the aggregate of 
small profits shall represent the actual profit of 
the Concern. 

Every labor-saving invention is employed 

throughout this establishment, such as weighing- 
devices for measuring stamps in large quantities, 
automatic numbering machines for sheets, 
power printing presses for marking prices on 
sheets, labeling stock, etc., dies for cutting 



labor-saving hinges which fasten five or 
more stamps to the sheet, and other modern 
appliances. Each department is in the hands 
of experienced clerks who, by attending to a 
single branch of the business, become experts, 
some in filling orders, others in keeping 
accounts, still others in pricing the stock; and 
the work is consequently done in less time 
than by the average clerk who tries to do all 
things. 

The advantage of dealing with a house 
employing thousands of bright, energetic 
young men and women,the greater part acting 
as local agents (one or more of whom repre¬ 
sent almost every town or city in the United 
States and Canada) is easily understood. 
Such an immense army of workers could not 
be kept busy unless they were supplied with 
stamps of the saleable kind and in suffient 
quantity. It requires not hundreds, or 
thousands but millions of stamps annually 
to supply this demand and the greater part of 
these stamps are imported direct from 
foreign countries. When purchases are made 
of as many as 100,000 stamps of a single 
country, and at one time, it is evident that 
the price paid for them is the lowest that can 
be obtained. This makes it possible for the 
Company to sell correspondingly lower than 
the small dealer who buys his meagre stock 
of middlemen, paying exorbitant prices, actu¬ 
ally retail prices for almost every stamp he 
buys to sell again. To conduct a business on 
as large a scale as we have thus outlined 
requires, furthermore, buyers in countless 
numbers in all parts of the country. And the 
fact that such customers have actually been 
secured proves that the goods of this house 
are sold at an average lower price than by 
others and are of the desirable kind. It 
therefore pays to deal with a house which 
can and will sell you the right kind of goods 
at the lowest price, making its profits from 
large sales rather than from individual orders 


NOVEL CAR CLEANER. 


A Substitute For the Whisk Broom 
of the Colored Porter. 

In a few years the following scene 
may be a familiar one to travelers any¬ 
where on any of the great railroads 
within a radius of twenty miles of 
New York. The scene is the interior of 
a parlor car. The morning sun is pour¬ 
ing through the windows. Some of the 
passengers have just come in from 
breakfast in the dining car ahead. Oth¬ 
ers who rose gnd breakfasted earlier 


are busy packing their bags. The leth¬ 

argy of a long journey is disappearing 
under the growing realization of the 
journey's impending termination. The 
dark skinned porter “gets busy.” Si¬ 
lence falls upon the passengers. They 
recognize that the usual parlor car 
holdup is about to occur. The dust 
of the journey is to be removed from 
their clothing. Incidentally each man’s 
mouth, ears and eyes will be filled with 
the dust of his neighbor. They all dis¬ 
like the process, but there seems to be 
no escape from it. 

To their surprise, however, the por¬ 
ter attaches a small hose to a valve at 



THE CLEANER IN OPERATION. 

one end of the car. The nozzle on the 
other end of this hose is fan shaped. 
The porter passes this nozzle slowly 
over the clothing of the passengers. A 
sucking sound is heard, and the dust is 
observed to disappear from the cloth¬ 
ing wherever the nozzle touches. No 
slapping whisk broom, no choking cloud 
of dust, no sneezing, no annoyance! I 11 
a short time the dust has alj* been 
drawn off from the passengers’ cloth 
ing and out of the car through the hose. 

This picture is not impossible of real¬ 
ization. In the yards of the Central 
Railroad of New Jersey at Communi- 
paw a plant for cleaning cars in this 
way has been set up. At a central 
pumping station steam pumps draw 
the air out of more than three miles 
of piping distributed through the yards. 
These pipes parallel the car storage 
tracks and the tracks in the station. 
At intervals of sixty feet are openings 
to which rubber tubes can be attach¬ 
ed. The tubes with the squeegee-like 
metal terminals are long enough to per¬ 
mit them to be run in through a car 
window or door and pass the entire 
length of the car. In the course of a 
day about 350 cars are cleaned and 
the upholstery aerated in this way. 
Over two barrels of dust are extracted 
from the collecting cylinders each day. 
—New York Tribune. 


Long Distance Gramophone. 

A gramophone which, it is said, can be 
heard at a distance of three miles is the 
latest invention of the Hon. C. A. Par¬ 
sons of turbine fame. The instrument 
is named the auxetophone and is work¬ 
ed by means of compressed air. This 
is pumped in by a small engine at a 
pressure which can be adjusted up to 
over eight pounds through a small 
valve, which takes the place of the or¬ 
dinary diaphragm, into the trumpet. 
The valve consists of a number of 
small slots, covered with a fine comb, 
not unlike a mouth organ, and the vi¬ 
bration of this comb produces the 
sound. On a calm, windless day it is 
estimated that with a high pressure 
the record could be distinctly heard 
three miles away.—Scientific AmerC 


STAMPS 


PACKETS 


Packet ZK c ° n ' 

tains 14 rare Honduras en¬ 
velope and wrapper stamps, 
unused, 1890-92, all dif¬ 
ferent. Catalogue value, 70c 

Our price only |5 CGIltS 
which is only about one- 
fifth of what they are actu¬ 
ally worth. A bargain. 

Packet ZL contains a 
collection of 24 different used 
postage stamps from China 
and Japan only. Worth about 

50c; our price, 13 cents, 

which is less than the whole¬ 
sale price. Our specia l bargain. 

Packet SUt contains 100 all diff’t U. S. 
stamps, no revenues, but practically all issues, 
including departments. Worth over $3.00. 
Our pric e, postpaid, $1.00. _ ' 

Packet SU3 contains 32 different U. S. 
stamps, all obsolete, no revenues, 1861-1902, 
including stamps from every commemorative 
issue. Worth 40 cents. Postpaid only 10c 

Packet ZG contains 
11 different Belgium 
Postal Packet stamps, 
1895-1902. Worth about 
50c; special bargain 
price, 10 CENTS, 

postpaid. 

Packet ZI contains 10 
different stamps from Egypt, 
including rare envelope and 
official stamps. Worth about 

25c; special price, 7 Cents 
Postage one cent extra unless * 

other goods are ordered with this packet. 






Packet SU2 contains 500 all obsolete, 
mixed U. S. stamps. This packet contains 
duplicates. Price, postpaid,.30 


Packet U contains a very 
fine collection of 29 all different 
Venezuelan postage stamps, 
1879-1900, including early lith¬ 
ographic printings, perfora¬ 
tions, surcharges and stamps 
worth 15 to 20c each. Value, 
about $1.50. Our price, post free,.. 



60 c 



Packet ZA contains 25 
different Australian postage 
stamps. It includes Tasmania 
(Jubilee), Victoria 1881 ip green 
worth 10 cts, and other fine 
stamps. Actually worth 50c. 


BARGAIN PRICE, 17 Cts. 

Packet ZE contains 250 all different 
stamps from every quarter of the globe— 
Borneo, Shanghai, Newfoundland, Malta, Ice¬ 
land, Etc. This fine collection only $ 1.25 

PACKET R. A Span¬ 
ish War Packet, containing 40 
U. S. Colonials and Cuban 
stamps only—the Hawaiian Is., 

Cuba, Porto Rico and the Phil¬ 
ippines. Worth several times 
our price—postfree . 45c. 

PACKET S contains 19 varieties o^ 
Heligoland stamps. Price, postpaid, 18 cents 1 

Packet T contains loo fine 
all different, Mexican, South 
and Central American stamps 
j fflBM on, y— a gjand collection in it- 
8118 se b including stamps from Salva- 
tastSEsaj, dor, Nicaragua, Honduras, Col¬ 
umbia, Uruguay, etc. Cat. value 
over $2.50. Price, postpaid, only .. g] qq 

PACKETZM contains 1000 well- 
mixed European stomps. A good assortment 

for the price, only 25 Cents postpaid. 
This packet contains duplicates. 



PACKET I contains 

IOOO well-mixed postage 
stamps from Europe mostly 
but including some from Trini¬ 
dad, Chili, Japan, Jamaica, &c. 

This packet contains dupli¬ 
cates. Postpaid, only 40 c. 

Packet contain% 1000 stamps, includ¬ 
ing duplicates as abovebut a still better mix¬ 
ture, with a fine lot of stamps from Bosnia, 
Ecuador, Brazil, etc. Postpaid, only $1.00. 


Packet ZN contains 

25 unused stamps from Ham¬ 
burg, Samoa, Roman States, Ar¬ 
gentine Repub. (1st issue) and 
Sardinia. All reprinted issues, 
not counterfeits. List value is 
54c. Special bargain price, 14 c 




Packet C contains 20 different stamps 
from South America, including specimens 
from Argentine Republic, Brazil, Ecuador, &c 

20 DIFFERENT STAMPS, 23 CENTS 

PACKET D con- 

tains 75 varieties of good 
stamps for BEGINNERS, in¬ 
cluding specimens from Rou- 
mania, Japan, Egypt, Dutch 
Indies, Greece, Switzerland, 

&c. 75 Different, postp’d, 15 c 

Packet E Contains 125 varieties 

of good stamps for Beginners, including fine 
specimens from Shanghai, Bulgaria, Cuba, 
Egypt, etc. C. A great starter for a small sum. 
123 DIFFERENT, POSTPAID, 2 8 Cents 

S Packet H con¬ 
tains 30 different U. 
■ S. stamps, including 
O 4 > a |Y| q Department,Columbus 
^ r and other fine issues. 

30 Different U. S. Stamps, postp’d 25c 

PacketN contains 50 rare Mexican 
Revenue stamps, including many issues from 
the earliest to the more recent. Bargain;$1.00 

Packet O contains a rare collection of loo 
varieties of fine Mexican revenues. $3 .00 





CIVIL WAR 

REVENUES. Packet P con¬ 
tains 20 varieties, mostly 25c 
to $1.00 values. Catalog val¬ 
ue about $1.20. Price, post¬ 
paid, 45 cents. 


PACKET Q contains 30 rare Civil War Rev¬ 
enues, the 20 in Packet P and 10 other varie¬ 
ties. Worth over $2.00. Price, postpaid, 80 c. 


UJMMSUMlfci 



Packet 2A Con¬ 
tains 100 mixed stamps, includ¬ 
ing curious and unused stomps 
from Roman States, Constanti¬ 
nople, Porto Rico, Sweden 
(official), etc. This packet con- 


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AtiUf 1 ll 


Packet 2B Contains 100 mixed 

stamps, including fine specimens from Egypt, 
Argentine Repub., Ceylon, Japan, etc. This 
packet contains duplicates. Postpaid, 10 c. 


Packet 2C Contains 

ioo mixed stamps, some old 
ones, and includes U. S. (early 
issues), Belgium (Postal Pack¬ 
et), Roumania, Mexico, Ven¬ 
ezuela, etc. This packet con¬ 
tains duplicates. Postpaid, 10 c. 

PACKET A Con- 

tains 30 fine different stamps 
from all quarters of the globe, 
including Corea, Bulgaria,Costa 
Rica, Peru, old Salvador, U. S. 
Locals, etc. Worth about 60 
cts. Bargain price, 15 cts. 




PACKET B Contains 25 

stamps from BRITISH COLONIES only, 

such as Jamaica, Mauritius, Queensland, 
Western Australia (swan), New Brunswick, 
etc. 25 varieties, postpaid, only 20 Cents. 


THE LEE STAMP COMPANY 

Dept. R, BOSTON, Mass., Station A 























































































































































































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Latest edition, is a beautiful book of 
loo pages, fully illustrated with fine 
engravings of the various postage 
stamps of the world, including the 
new issues. It is printed on fine, 
heavy, white paper, and bound to 
durable, half cloth covers. It will 
hold a large collection, and is the lat; 
est and best album for the money. 

POST FREE, 25 CE1NTS. 
On Extra-Fine Paper, Worth 50c, Only 35 Cents. 

THE WORLD STAMP ALBUM 

Is the best low-priced-edition 
album on the market to-day. 

It is thoroughly up to date, 
with illustrations of various 
foreign stamps, and spaces lor 
about 2,300 specimens, and 
strongly hound in heavy paper 
covers. Just the hook for the 
beginner. That the book lias 
already passed through sever¬ 
al editions, mid thousands of 
copies have been sold, is en¬ 
dorsement enough. 

LAST EDIT’N. 2 O fTC 
POSTPAID. lO 



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Ive Issues, drpjrimentdls, 
locals, revenues, envelope 
• tamps, «u .also illustrat¬ 
ed page* for ihe siamps 
of the Ha wanan Islands. 

Porto Rico, the Philippine 
Islands, etc to whicn are 
added extra pages tor Cuba 
and dupltr ates, m nor van 
et»es. etc The p&gei 
ere full size, measur¬ 
ing about 9 by 11 \ in¬ 
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is on one side of the 
page only The paper 

is of supenor quality and 
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hook IS S'rcifVk.'ty bound in 
*-t.st»k hMf cl th covets 
»nd ought to seJ' for $• oo , 
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pr.<f on it ih.it every coMeC- 
».-r may possess a copy Thie large and beautiful album, 
tb© latest and best edition out postpaid for only . .. 


mam 

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i-inmns regular print¬ 
ed spaces for all dis- 1 
tindice issues ol U. ! 
S siamps, including 
envelopes. Spaces are 
also ptovided for rev-‘ 
enues, locals, depart 
ments, etc , and in 
the back is plenty of 
room lor duplicates, 
minor varieties, or 
whatever you please, 
is primed on good 
paper, the covers are 
of strorg, flexible 
card, beautifully 
printed in two colors. 
This album will hold 
over 1200 stamps and 
lor 'the money is a 
great bargain. Lat, 
est edition, postpaid, 

18 Cents 



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STOCK BOOKS 


For Dealers* and Collectors’ dupli¬ 
cates Stamps always In eight. No 
hingres required Save time and 
money. Heavy covers, well bound. 
No 1. Pocket size. Will hold 375 
stamps Price 18c 

NO. H 64x7JincbeB Plenty'of room 
Price 30o 



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We sell it. Here is your chance to get 
THE COLLECTOR’S OWN CATALOG 

of the Adhesive POSTAGE STAMPS 

of All Nations of the WORLD, for only 
TEN CENTS, Postage Free. 

It is the latest edition, fully illustrated, describ¬ 
ing 1 and pricing the stamps as they should be in 
both used and unused condition, complete from 
A to Z in one volume. The leading catalogues 
of the world have been consulted and thousands 
of stamps examined in order that the prices given 
shall be consistent throughout and reflect the 
actual state of the market. Fictitious values placed 
on stamps of minor variety have been overlook^ 
and an attempt made where possible to give the 
best average price for the average specimen of 
each distinct issue. The illustrations _ are profuse 
and the system of classification the simplest and 
best. This book is a necessity to everyone who 
collects stamps and we have made the puce 10c 
in order that every collector may own a copy. Be- 
fore we innovated tbe popular, low-priced edition, 
no complete catalogue could be purchased tor less 
than five times the cost of this. 

Invest io cents in this book and you will save, 
when buying or selling stamps, many times its 
value the first week you own the book. Fill owe 
the coupon at once, while this offer holds good. 

Gentlemen : Enclosed is ten cents for a copy 

of the last edition of “The Collector’s Own Cat¬ 
alog.” 

Nam©...... 


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THE GLOBE ALBUM, 10c, POST 
FREE. 

Holds over 1200 stamps, with some 
large spaces for envelopes, revenues, 
etc. 6x9 14 inches. Strong, flexible 
cardboard covers. Good paper. Blank 
space at top of page for name of coun¬ 
try. 

THE GREATEST ALBUM EVER 
SOLD FOR 10c. 


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Blank ©Approval 

Cfi'CtXTrC To hold 25 stamps, 
A -O on p ne onion skin 
paper, per 25, 10c.; 100, 30c.; iooo> $2.25. 
All post free. The same, to hold 60 stamps, 
per 12, ioc.; 50, 30c.; loo, 60c.; 1000, $5. 
All post free. A CHEAPER GRADE, 
to hold 20 stamps, per 20, 7c, postage 2c, 
Per 100, 25c, postage 9c. Per 500, 7 oc i 
expressage extra. 


Used by the largest dealers, Ar© 
sent to agents with the sheets, This 
blank saves the dealer oceans of tiffie 
as there are no long letters to head 
and no addresses to copy oft, the agent 
writing his address twice, one address 
to be torn off and pasted to envelope 
containing next lot of Stamps, Order 
Hank also printed on same sheet, 

PER 50, POST FREE, IOC. IQOj 18c. 

Send for price in quantities, 

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contains spaces for all issues of for¬ 
eign and U. S. stamps. Fully illus¬ 
trated, durably bound in half-cloth 
covers, elegantly printed. Latest edi¬ 
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Jilso our big illustrated BQOI£ all about and 

__© flor 427/17 r HIT Send for the above this minute if 

OUr wonae rjui ^ y 0 » have not already written us this year. 


AGENTS WANTED 

Fifty per cent, commission. Saleable stamps. A PERFORATION 

GAUGE and millimeter scale, also booklet invaluable to agents, FREE to every new sgtnt. 

A STAMP BUSINESS FREE 



NO TOY, BUT A LARGE AND 
COMPLETE STOCK OF STAMPS 
AND STAMP SUPPLIES, together 
with full directions for starting and 
operating an immense stamp business 
on a good-paying basis, will be GIVEN 
FREE to the person who sends us the 
most cash for stamps, or other goods 
we sell, before the last day of 

JUNE, 1906 
This contest is open to both agents 


fgSlpgi A Mew Hinge. 

^^THE NEW HINGE comes 
already bent for use. Machine cut. The 
bending saves half your time. The cheapest 
and best hinge to buy- Per large box 1000 
cut and bent hinges, 11 cents, post free. 

0ummeb paper. 

FOR HINGING STAMPS ON 

Sheets,into albums, etc. Never use cheap 
mucilage, as it often discolors stamps in the 
course of a few months. Cut your own binges 
from our superior grade of gummed paper,per 
large sheet only 4 cents. 


STAMPS 


interest to 


lectors 



Immense Bargains in Stamp Books l 

ORDER BOOKS BY NUMBER ONLY. 

No. 8. Prices We Pay for Old and Pres¬ 
ent Issue Used Postage Stamps of 
Foreign Countries, including Canada. Il¬ 
lustrated withover 2 oo engravings. Postpaid .08 

No. 15. Prices We Pay for the Used Ad¬ 
hesive and Envelop© Stamps of the 
United States. About 275 specimens priced. 
Postpaid..,...-..O S 


and those who buy from our retail 
lists. We give you credit for every 5 
cents you send us up to the last day 
of June, when the accounts are reck-| 
oned up. Following is a list of goods 
sent with this stock: 

2000 Mixed U. S. Stamps, including 
stamps cataloguing as high as 50c 
each. 

5000 Foreign Stamps from All Parts 
of the World, including stamps cat¬ 
aloguing as high as 50c each. 
Complete Stock of Books, Albums and 
other publications. 

Complete stock of Approval Sheets, 
Envelopes and All Office Stationery. 
Price Lists to Advertise Your Stock. 
Your Advertisement in the Leading 
Stamp Paper. 

Full Instructions for Conducting the 
Business. 

OTHER PRIZES. 

For the next largest amount sent us 
we will give a stock of stamps, includ¬ 
ing 2000 specimens catalogued from 
1c to 50c each, a lot of publications, 
price lists and full directions. 

For the next largest amount we will 
give a fairly complete stock of stamps 
including specimens cataloguing to 

oiKa 

NOW IS THE TIME TO BEGIN 
TO SAVE UP TICKETS. No other 
stamp concern offers its agents and 
customers such inducements as this. 

i ww >i ii>wf i 'ir v 

DIE-CUT HINGES. 

Huh Hinge, die-cut, 1000. .09 

La France, imported tasteless- 

gum paper hinge, 1000.13 

Hygienic Hinge, pure gum arabic 
and antiseptic onion-skin paper, 

hand coated, 1000. .18 

Jumbo, very large for envelopes, 
revenues, etc., already bent for 
use, 500 .11 

CATALOG OF STAMPED 
ENVELOPES. 

The prices of all envelopes were 
included in the 1903 Scott Otalog. 
We have a few copies left which we 
are selling at 25c each. 


No. 16. Prices We Pay for the Revenue 
Stamps of the United States. Postpaid...05 

Tha above three catalogues postpaid for..........12 

No. 4. Shorthand in One Hour. Learn the 
alphabet and rules of this wonderful system of 
rapid shorthand writing in one hour. Complete 
Instruction book, postpaid,,,,.........IO 

No* 14. Prices We Pay for all the U. S, 
Coins actually worth over face. Perhaps worth 
a small fortune to you. Postpaid.08 

NO. 17. Book of Magic. Illustrated. Tricks 
and how to perform them. Postpaid... ......08 

NO-18 Book Of Puzzles. Nearly 100 rebuses, 

riddles, charades, elc., illustrated, and with cor¬ 
rect answers. They teach you how to read puz¬ 
zles in the papers that offer prizes. Postpaid,08 

No. 19. Foreign Money Tables for stamp 

and coin collectors, giving value in U. S. gold of 
moneys used by the different nations . 
Postpaid... .....08 

No. 20. HOW TO COLLECT STAMPS. 
Complete Guide, Profusely Illustrated 

containing well written articles on stamps, 
meaning of the term “Philately,” locals, counter¬ 
feits, reprints, surcharges, perforations, Water¬ 
marks, stamp auctions, minor varieties, etc. 
Something new for the older collectors—a ne¬ 
cessity to the beginner. Postpaid.15 

No- 21. Collectors Own Catalogue of 
the Postage Stamps of All Nations. 
Latest edition. Illustrates, prices and 
describes the stamps of the world, 
complete from A to Z in one volume. A book as 
necessary as an album. What are your stamps 
worth? Look them up. Postpaid........IO 

No. 22. COLOR DICTIONARY for 
Stamp Collectors. Describes and illustrates 
the colors for postage stamps, defining such terms 
as vermilion, ultramarine, puce, etc., as used in 
catalogues and albums. Contains color plates 
and samples of wove, laid, fawn, amber andother 
papers. Postpaid..08 

No. 23. How to Make Money in the 
Stamp Business, by a dealer of long experi¬ 
ence. Tells how to buy, sell and advertise to 
* advantage, how to get started, how to systemat- 
izethe business and keep the books. A complete 
guide to the management of a successful stamp 
business. Postpaid. 25 

No. 24 The War Tax of 1898. Copy of the 
Bill giving list of documents, etc., upon which 
the revenue stamps are found. Postpaid.05 

No. 25. Home-made Devices for Stamp 
Collectors. Tells how to make for little ex¬ 
pense, all kinds of albums, stock books, stamp 
files, cartLsystems, stamp cabinet, hinges, tongs, 
watermark revealer, etc. Illustrated with dia- 
grams. Postpaid. IO 

QPFflAI • Any s i n &k book above will be 
01 Lvl/iL» sold at the price to the right. The 
entire set of books listed above, comprising a com¬ 
plete collector’s library, priced at $ 1 . 33 , and actu¬ 
ally worth twice as much, will be sent postfree 
for only $ 1.00 

Printed Envelopes pack!ts mp 


THE LEE STAMP CO 

Importers, Publishers and Dealers 

Dept. R., BOSTON, MASS., Station A 

(As to our reliability, we refer to the publishers of The Youth’s Realm) 



NS U» l H 

by 2%inches 
as per cut, 
25 6c, pos¬ 
tage ic.; 100 
20c, post 3c. 
500 60c, post 
12c. MS 3, 

by 3 % 

inches, 25 
for 8c, post 
‘ic. 100, 25c 
post 4c.; 500 
90c,post 18c. 
SAME, 

| not printed, 
’No. I, per 
I O O, IO c, 
post 3c. Per 
500 30c, post 

f* 

No. 3, per 100, 15c, post 4c. Per 500, 
post 18c. 

PERFORATION GAUGES. 

For the detection of counterfeits, varieties, 
etc. Inch and millimetre scale attached. 5 s 

Absolutely accurate. A necessity
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